Treatment of germ of wheat.



and wheaten meal.

UNITED STATES PA ENT OFFICE,

JAMES WALLIS,

0F BEDDINGTON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J. & T. H.

WALLIS, LIMITED, 0F BEDDINGTON, ENGLAND.

TREATMENT OF GERM 0F WHEAT.

No Drawing.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES Vi-trims, a sub ject of the King of England, residing at Beddington, Surrey, in England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Treatment of Germ of \Vheat and in Obtaining a Preparation Therefrom for Incorporation with Flour and Meal, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to improvements in the treatment of germ of wheat and in obtaining a preparation therefrom for in'con poration with flour and meal for making bread, biscuits, and the like, and the object of my invention is to utilize to the full the valuable properties of the germ of wheat which when suitably treated and added to or incorporatedwith flour and meal will enable me to produce therefrom whole-meal bread of excellent flavor and properties prepared trom the pure product of the wheat only.

My invention consists in thoroughly roasting or cooking the germ of wheat. and

grinding or suitably trading same to form a medium meal and mixing or ineorporatmg the material thus obtained with [tour In carrying out my proeess I take a suitable quantity of pure wheat'en germ and ,el'ablyeomposedot approximately one-third No. 1 Manitoba wheat and two-thirds ol best red lillglish wheaL i\s examples of the proportions I obtain exr-ellent results by using approximately to 200 lbs. ot pure llnglish germ treated as deseribed. 500 lbs. of strong wheaten Hour and 560 lbs. ol stoneanade wheaten meal eomposed ol the mixtures of wheat as previously stated.

in mixing the above materials I prel'er- Specification of Letters Patent,

Application filed May 15, 19m.

Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

Serial No. 627,305.

required quantities of the said materials.

These mixers are fed, from bins and driven by a main shaft at the speed required and after the materials have been well mixed I pass the same thrt'mgh a centrifugal machine to thoroughly incorporate the separate mat- 'ters.

It is obvious that any other mixing-apparatus or means may be employed, the desideratum being a thorough mixing of the materials preparatory to undergoing the or dinary operations of bread making and the like purposes. I

\Vhat l elaim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: V

1. lheproeess for the treatment of germ of wheat, consisting in. roasting the germ of wheat at a temperature of about 460 Fahrenheit, allowing same to cool, and then finally grinding the roasted germ into a medium meal.

2. The dry process for the treatment of germ of wheat. eo-nsisting in roasting the germ of wheat at a high ten'iperat'ure, allowing same to cool and then grinding the roasted germ into a medium meaLand finally t mixing a proportion of the materialthus obtained with flour and wlwat-meal.

3. A preparation for use with flour and wln-atuneal, eomprising germ of wheat roasted at a temperature of about 460 Fahrenheit and l'ormed into a medium meal.

1. pre|mration l'or bread-malt'ing. eomprising germ of wheat roasted at :1 temperature ol about 460 Fahrenheit. 'round to a medium meal and mixed with flour and wheataneal, the [tour aml wheat-meal being in ext-ess ot' the germ ol wheat 5. i\ lood produet. eomprising mixed raw ground wheat and ground wheat-germs roa ted at a temperature of about 460 Fahrenheit.

In witness whereol' l have signed this' speeilir-ation in the presence, ot two witnesses.

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